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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
The Verdict In tho Cha tsworth Disaster.

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The Jury made out separate verdicts for
the first name on the list. The following
IA the verdict OF the jury on her death.
We find that the wrecking of the said
traifi;. which totally demolished eight
coaches. one baggage car and one engine.
and either killed or wounded most OF the
occupants OF said coaches was caused by
said bridge having been burned out be.
fore the train struck it. We think
from the evidence that the bridge was fired
from fires left burning, which had been set
as late as o'clock that afternoon by the
both the east and west sides OF the track.
We further find that the foreman OF section
Is, Timothy Coushlin, .disobeyed positive
orders from the superintendent, the last
thing on Wednesday, and We find that he
did not go over the west two and one.half
miles at all on Wednesday, az instructed,
and that said foreman was guilty of gross
and criminal carelessness in leaving fires
burning along the track in such q dry sea-
son with such q strong wind blowing.
We recommend that he be held
for examinations by tho grand jury; and,
further, it is the opinion OF the jury that
the leaving OF the track without being pa.
troled for six hours before the passage of
the excursion train and the setting OF fires
by the section men on such a dry and
windy day were acts which deserve severe
ctiticisn.
Couehlin was promptly arrested and
will be taken to Pontiac, the county seat
OF Livingston county. He says he cannot
give bail, and will have to 60 to Jail. Ho
insists that the verdict was unjust, that
he went over his entire section as ordered.
and that no fires were built as near the
bridge az Heall and Tagcert testified.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
A SOmnambulist's Wild Ride.

Williamsport, Pa, Special: Ben
Hul'fisch, an engineer on the Philadel-
phia 4 Reading railroad, says that
the other night as his engine was
skimming along at a thirght-mile-an-
hour rate near Analomink, he noticed
something flutter on his cowcatcher.
He could not make out what it was
from his cab, and he climbed out and
walked along the guard rail to the
smokestack. Peering over and look
ing down on the pilot, he was horri-
fled to see the blanched face of g. Young
woman turned upward, with lcSk
OF terror in her eyes. while she grad b.
ed the bars of the cowcatcher TO hold
herself on her perilous perch. She
was IN her nightclothes.
The engineer hastened back to hls
cab. and reversed his engine. When
it had come to a standsti;l he hurried
out to the aid of the mysterious mas.
senger he had on ahead. He with diff
ficulty loosened her grasp on the pilot
bars, and it was some time before the
young woman recovered sufficiently
60 give any account of herself She
then said that her name was Susan
Cooley, the daughter of we'll known
resident at Analomink. She is som.
nambulist, and she must have got up
In her sleep. walked down to the rail-
road and in some way climbed upon
the cowcatcher unobserved while
the train was standing at the station.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

1t was a remarkable funeral pro-
cession that moved the other day
with the body of the dead editor
Katkoff to his tomb in Moscow. The
DEVOTION to him was such that during
the whole march, over q distance OF
20 miles, the bier was not once laid
on carriage, but was borne by relays
OF relatives, students, journalists,
mechanics, tradesmen and peasants.
His hold upon the people was extra
ordinary, and his death was felt to be
. public affection.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

The Castle Garden Commissioners
resolved themselves into wite-hunters
lately for the benefit of a German res.
ldent OF Reading who believed that it
is not good for man to be alone. The
woula-be Benedict asked for g. wife.
specifying that she must be about 20
years OF age and weigh about $50
pounds. Notwithstanding the fact
that girls OF that age seldom come
up to that weight, one was found who
tillec the specifications to q nicely.
Furthermore the girl expressed her.
self satisfied with the man, and they
were married after an acquaintance
OF half an hour.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

In the August number of the North
American Review is q pnper by Wong
Chin Foo entitled "Why l Am a
Heather" The writer, after som.
years spent in this country, has no
doubt OF the wisdom of still remain.
Ing among the heather. "The only
positive point" he says, "Christans
aave impressed on heathenism is that
they would sacrifice religion. honor,
principle, rs they do life, for-gold,"
and he concludes with an earnest and
calm invitation to the Christians of
America to JOIN him in following
rOnfucius.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

The prohibition vote in Texas.
though many thousand short of a
majority, was large enough to be high
ly respectable It was confined to no
party race or nationality. Large
numbers of Republicans, including
the Germans and two.thirds at least
Of the colored voters, opposed the
amendment. while great many Dem.
ocrats, under the lead of men like
Culbertson. Reagen and Maxey, voted
Tor 1T. The letter of Jefferson Davis
against the measure, is said to have
been instrumental in turning many
votes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
st. Cloud Man JONES tho Canadian Boodlers.

st. Cloud, Mimi. Specialize has just
been made public that Il. H. Morse, law
yer and loan and real estate agent Of this
city, doing very large business. has gone
to Canada, MIR. Morse was raised in St:
Cloud. and about five years ago was nd:
mitted to the bar from the office of Searle
4 Sc earle, and was for a time in Judge Col.
Inns office. He then opened an office
for himself, obtained the agency Of
the Minnesota Loan and Trust
company and obtained the largest collcc.
ton and loan business in tho city. He
was married three years ago to Miss
Horrigan OF Canada, and it was supposed
his wife was wealthy, as they at once be-
gan to greatly increase the scale of their
household expenses. During the past year
Mr. Morse has had RS many as eleven
horses in his stable at once, kept coach
man and jockey. two carriages and
othe! vehicles and recently began
house that would amount to 81, 900, and
are about half completed. Recently his
wife and two children went back to Cana-
da to visit, and July 80 Mr.. Morse started,
as he said, for Geneva, Ill Before leaving
he made bill OF sale OF all his personal
property to his father-in.law and
and these he left in a St. Paul bank. He
then tried to borrow OF the banks but
failed, but succeeded in obtaining O. check
in his own name from Foley Bros.
to pay for land he had bought
for them which he had cashed
in St. Paul at tho Merchants National:
He is also supposed to have taken 81, 900
insurance money belonging to Mrs. Hap.
german OF St. Clond, and other moneys.
Mr.. Morse was a director in the German.
American National Bank of this city, but
recently sold his stock and resigned. 1t is
supposed he took at least $40, 900 in cash
with him. Creditors here have asked that
a receiver be appointed, ind have recover.
ed possession OF the papers left in St. Paul
and 80 that SO far rs known all claims
will be about covered. His !iabilaties so
Tar as known are about $15, 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
The Eclipse Of the Sun.

A London dispatch OF the goth says
The eclipse OF the sun was observed for a
lew minutes at sunrise at Dartmoor and
Torqnay. The sky was obscured by clouds
at Paris and Vienna. Prof. Vogel, of the
Belgium expedition at Karjewitz on the
Volsa, telegraphs that the sky was over
cast, but that the collar protuberances and
chromosphere were observed, although the
corona was invisible. Tho Rus.
sian observers were successful in
their various stations in obtain
ing numerous drawings of the corona and
its spectrum. The eclipse was not observ.
ed at S.. Petersburg owing to the clouded
sky. At Kiln the sun was also obscured,
but an need professor made a balloon as
cension alone, so az to get above the clouds
and take an observation. As there had
been a hitch in the filling OF the balloon,
considerable doubt WAS felt as to it's abili-
ty to carry the acronaut. but the ascen.
sion was successfully made and the pro.
lessor descended in safety near Moscow,
forty miles distant.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

At Montgomery, Ala, popular indigna.
ton against an article in the Herald, q
weekly paper edited by q colored man
named Dukes, reached climax here. The
article is a. follows:
Every day or so we read OF the lynching
OF some negro for outragng some white
woman. Why is it that white women
attract negro men now more than
in former days? There was q time
when such things were unheard
OF. There is q secret to this thing, that we
greatly suspect it is the growing apprecia.
ton OF tho white Juliet" for the rolored
Romeo" as he becomes more and more in
teligent and refined. II something is not
done to break up these lynchings, it will be
80 that after a while they will lynch every
colored man that looks at a white woman
with a twinkle in his eye.'
A large public meeting adopted resolu.
tious denouncing him and warning him to
keep away from Montgomery, At the
peril OF his life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

John Chinaman has discovered that
the libel laws of this country can be
used effectively to annoy or punish
those who criticise him adversely, and
proposes to utilize the discovery.
The Detroit FREQ Press stated tina.
Sam Woo fought sparrows in his es.
Enlistment, and Sam has gone into
the United States Court and asked for
$4,000 damages for libel. John is
an apt learner of one OF the most rep.
rehensible practices OF American
scurlla ways.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

Is Is just 100 years since the first
newspaper was published west of the
1Ileghanics. 1t was established at
Lexington, KY, then Virginia, by John
Bradford. q name already famous in
cc;.nrrtion with American newspape,
enterprise. In the Magazine of Amer.
lean History has been recently pub.
lished a full account of Bradford's en-.
terprise and fac-similes of his Ken.
tue; = Gazette. Among the earlier ad.
vert 'sements appeared one to the eff.
iect hat persons who subscribed fo1
the new church could pay in cattle or
in whisky. The Constitution of the
United States, just adopted, was pub.
lished by him in an early number.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
Hrs. Do Nores Wants 4 Divorce

New. York Special: News comes from
Paris that the wife OF the Marquis de Mores
is preparing to enter, suit for divorce
against her husband. It has been known
to the friends OF the family for some time
that Marquiso de Mores had become dis
satisfied with her married life, and they
expected she would seek n separation.
Marquise de Mores before marriage
was known as Miss Won Hoff.
man. She is the youngest daughter of
Baron Louis A. Won Holman, tho Wall
street banker, and has an extensive &C.
quaintance in this city. She has beenlivinR
in Paris with her mother for the past four
months. Everybody speaks in the high.
est terms of the marquise. Before her
marriage she was great sportswoman,
being particularly noted as a fine shot and
handsome man. He is about thirty-two
years OF age but does not appear to be
twenty-five.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

Secretary Fairchild by his offer to
prepay interest, to say nothing OF
his call for bldg on the 1-2 per cent.
bonds, has wiped out all risk of a
stringency from the accumulation of
funds in the treasury until Congress
meets: but when Congress assemblies
the reduction in revenue made must
Dangerous, immediate and unhesitat.
ng or Feburary an6 March next will
see a greater accumulation than ever
unless the government expenditures
shall be university increased by en-.
actments OF that BODY.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

It transpires that abont $1,000
British subjects living in Massachu-
setts. Since the Faneuil hall muss,
when several heads were damaged and
the queens jubilee local celebration
was held amid a startling uproar
around the "cradle OF liberty" a
movement has been begun to have
these aforesaid thousands naturalil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

The Hawaiian loan just manipulate
ed in London was issued by syndi.
cate that deducted 435, 900 from the
100000 borrowed for its commiss-
ion and charges, and then paid them.
selves the interest due next January
On the full amount. Shortly after the
loan becomes due, British men-of-war
will make their appearance as col.
Letting agents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

An interesting instance OF promp.
ness in changing an editorial position
has been furnished by the St. Joseph
Gazette. There was a prospect that
an immense packing establishment
would be opened in St. Joseph, and
the Gazette duly and happily congrat.
ulated the citizens. Suddenly it was
decided to select another city for the
business, whereupon the Gazette fer
vently remarked: 1--WE do not be.
lieve that the addition OF a few hun
dred beef-skinners, hog.scrapers, q nd
the like, employed at thelowest wages
and in the close communion of great
hog and beefslaughtering house, would
be an element of society greatly to be
desired ip the fair city of St. Joseph"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
A Fathers Grief and Suicide.

A sensat ional suicide was committed at
Oakdale cemetery. August Nearnebold,
proprietor of tho Farmers mills and
resident Of Davenport Tor thirty-two
years, accompanied his wife to tho ceme-
terry to visit the grave of their daughter.
Afterward he suggested walk through the
graves, and his wife consented. They had
Suspecting nothing his wife started to re-
turn to the family lot to wait for him, and
had retraccd her steps but a short distance
when she heard a pistol shot. Hurrying to
the spot where she left her husband, she
found him in tho agonies OF death. He had
placed revolver in his moutl, and fired,
the bullet lodging in the brain. Grief at
the loss OF his daughter caused the deed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

Meier Goldschaidt, the Danish poet.
novelist and journalist Is dead. He was
6S years old.
Among the Americans in London are
George Alfred Townsend, Roswell r.
Flower, DR.. George Meredith, Mrs. Matthew
Carpenter OF Wisconsin.
At Montreal, j. x. Page, bookkeeper of
the large Wholesale stationary house Of G..
0. Beauchemin & Co., raised u $25 check
to 25, 600 on the Jacques Cartier bank.
cashed il and absconded.
Bordeaux, France, has been visited BY q
hurricane, which destroyed an enormous
amount Of property. The storm caused
the collision, at Arcachon, OF two excur-
ton trains. Several cars were wrecked
and seventeen persons were injured.
Secretary Lamar decides that the indem-
nifty lands OF the Northern Pacific must be
confined to tho ten. mile belt.
BY direction OF the acting secretary OF
war, Lieut.. H. K. Bailey, Fifth infantry,
is detailed as acting judge advocate ci the
Gen. Miles for the duty at his headquar-
ters.
The acting Indian commissioner decides
that Santee Sioux in Nebraska are citizens
and may vote.
chased n big slice OF real estate in Chicago
and won't tell why. The amount pur.
chased was 1000 acres.
John G. l.. Dohm. twonty years old. the
son OF = Dayton, Ohio, druggist, has been
arrertcd on the charge of stealing 1920
worth OF jewelry from his landlady. Dohm
vas formerly employed as reporter on q
Dayton newspaper, md recently on New
York daily.
At Philadelphia, Pa, United States
District Attorney Allen, acting on the ad-
vice OF the third auditor of the treasury,
instituted an action in the United States
court against William A. Swan of Wilkes.
barre. Pa. and his bondsmen, Charles
Parrish and Lewis Sandleman, cf the
same place, to recover Sc, 900 for alleged
deficiencies in his returns to the depart
ment while acting as Indian agent Mt the
Cheyenne River reservation, Dakota, in
1888 AMI 1884
Theodore Stewart of New York, who
made 81, 900, 900 by delighting the eyes OF
his patrons with fine arts while he tickled
their palates with fine liquors, left his
money-making estate, the saloons, to
three employees.
The president hud retired from active
service Maj Edward r. Warner, First ar
tillery, on his own application. after thirty
yS"to 0eE'!Co' MAl. warner mas g. bril-
liant record, made in the late war OF tho
Rebellion.
At Mt. Sterliug, KY, Marshal ohm Taul,
while attempting to arrest Sam Ratliffs'
was resisted by several ofRatliffe's friends,
Who drew pistols and began shooting.
Taul 1T once left the scene OF action. The
following were wounded: Henderson Phil
lips, q flesh wound in the thigh: James
Harper. slightly grazed on the stomach:
Vergil Glover, flesh wound In the side, and
Aquilia Thomas. probably fatally wound.
ed in the side.
Secretary Lamar has made another ex-
ception to his order OF May 20 relative to
railroad land grants. In the original or.
der it il stated that tho order will apply
to all railroads included in the rule, unless
specially exempted. He has now made a
partial exception as to tho Chicago, st..
Paul, Minneapolis 4 Omaha company.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

Theestimated expenditures of the city
Of Philadelphia, which also includes
the county government for the coming
year, are in round numbers $21, OOO,.
900. OF this amount interest takes
three and half millions, education
$4,000, 900, police 81, IT'S, 200, high.
ways l, 100000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
Interesting Features Of Paymaster Bash'x Rob.
berry.

Omaha, Special:-The arrest of Charles
Parker, the cowboy and highwayman who
last spring robbed Paymaster Bash of$S,
900 at Antelope Springs, Wyo., has devel.
oped very sensational features. Parker
was arrested in Logan county, Neb. After
robbing Bash he located III Logan county
and went into businesses with the stolen
money. He built q rude store fifty miles
northwest OF Candy, and purchased q
lot OF horses and cattle. His money being
all new bills he was soon suspected. Dep
undertook to arrest him on a warrant
charging the robbery OF Paymaster Bash.
Parker fired several shots and stood off
the posse, alter which they left him alone.
Ho was closely watched, however. A few
days ago three men named Bagnall,
Lucas and johnson went to Parker's
store. and getting the drop
on him while he was eating his supper ar.
rested him. Thsy claimed to be United
States deputy marshals, but in fact they
were frauds. Taking Parker into the
q horse. Then they let him 90. The
horse, however, belonged to another party,
who caused the arrest of Bagnalt Lucas
and johnson. at Plum Creek. On Wednes-
day the 18th these lie n secured their release
through the aid of lawyers, who got most
OF their money as fee. Parker, who had
followed the three men as far as Candy,
was arrested there by She riff Doane after
a despesate fight. Parker drew a revolver
and knife, but was tightly held by Doane
Parker then got one of Doane's fingers in
his mouth and held it there, and severely
stabbed him in the other arm. A crowd
disarmed Parker, who still held on to
Doane's finger and would not let 20 until
some one ran a knife into his throat. He
was bound hand and foot and taken to
North Platte. Habcas corpus was sworn
out there. His bail was fixed at 81, 500,
which he could not give. He will be taken
to Cheyenne Paymaster Bash was tried
by court martial for negligence and sus-
pended until the amount stolen by Parker
is made good to the government.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25

did not protect tenants from eviction
trouble would be inevitable during the
coming winter.
The announcement OF the proclamat ton
was received quietly in Ireland. A riot
occurred at Kenmore, County Kerry, Ire.
land. The mob attacked and stoned the
barracks where the police were uuartered.
The police charged with drawn swords up
on the rioters. injurins many OF them and
arresting 4 number.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
q. A. n.

Every Comrade should send to w. ]. G.
Kenyon. General Passenger Agent 1.-THE
Burlington" St. Paul, MIMI, for q free
copy OF THE fallen Heroes Of 18e1'65."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
Tho General Business Situation.


The New York Herald prints page of
interviews with the leading firms in the
different branches of trade in this city.
They show that there has been gradual
but steady increase since the first of the
year over the business Of tho past few
years. The dry goods men express them.
self as being we'll saticfed with the business
done: Collections are reported good. "A
healthy and steady market" seems to
have been a universal expression.
Bradstreet's says that special telcgrams
indicate that the general rains which have
been reported west and northwest since
Aug ID have favored the cereal crops.
The outlook for the wheat crop is no bet.
ter than last reported, but special in.
quiries in the spring wheat region point to
the probability that much OF the loss from
chinch bugs and drouth in southern Mime.
sofa will be offset by increased acreage
and larger yield at the north. The south
including the Gulf states, with a moderate
exception in Texas, is feeling the effects of
excellent crop prospects, particularly cot.
ton and sugar. In the Central Missouri
river valley centering about Kansas City
and Omaha, and at the Northwest, tribu.
tary to Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago,
the interior demand is good. and the pros.
poets for foil trade bright. The movement
OF staple groceries, hardware aud dry
goods, in those regions is quite active and
Is In excess OF q few weeks and one year
ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-25
Ocean Steamer Burned at Sea,

Tho Inman line steamer City ofMohtrenl
has been destroyed by fiEs at sea: Her
passengers were saved. The City of Mon:
treal left New York Aug. for Liverpool:
She was commanded by Capt. Laud.
The destruction of the steamer occurred
on the 18th inst, five days after she left
New York. A boat containing six passen.
gers and seven members OF the crew is miss:
ing. She had 42O passengers on board: She
had no first cabin passengers, but carried
233 intermediate and lis storage passcn.
gers. Tie fire broke out the night OF the
10th inst, just after the passengers had
retired for the night. The vessel was then
in latitude 43 degrees. The alarm was at
once given and the passengers rushed from
their births for the deck, half dressed.
When it was realized that the fire was q
serious one, the course Of the ship was
changed about and shaped for Newfound-
land, which was 400 miles away. Word
was passed that it was impossible to save
the vessel, and all attention was given to
lowering the boats and saving the pas.
sengers and ships people. A momentary
panic was CAUSED when the captain decided
to abandon the vessel but all managed to
embark in the boats, all OF which but one,
containing six OF the crew and seven pas
sengers, were wicked up by the York City.
The York City proceeded to London alter
landing the City OF Montreal's passengers
and crew at Queenstown. The survivors
are unanimous in declaring that the officers
and crew Of the City of Montreal did their
duty nob1y aud skillfully.